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WWII had little to do with America? Go look up lend/lease and then remember we were bombed by Japan. The US was intrinsically linked to WWII from the beginning,
by cguess 2y ago
WWII had little to do with America? Go look up lend/lease and then remember we were bombed by Japan. The US was intrinsically linked to WWII from the beginning, just not with troops on the ground.
- fifilura 2y agoYes but the cause was not American. And USA was pretty reluctant to be dragged in (not Roosevelt but the voters). I am just pointing out that you can make up any list in hindsight and make it look like Nostradamus prophecies. Where is french revolution or the great war in that list?
- DocTomoe 2y ago> Yes but the cause was not American. Yes, it was. America was setting up the scene for the pacific war by raising customs and tariffs on Japanese imports with the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (1930). The Japanese were just democratizing when the US decided to kill their economy. Thus, the Japanese had one of two choices - take needed resources they purchased before by force, or accept a massive decline in standard of living. They decided to take the first route. Attacked the Chinese, and when the US started sanctioning it, eventually they bombed Pearl Harbour. And don't forget how the Nazis were basically funded out of American pockets. Just because the first shot was not fired by an American does not mean they were not the cause.
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- fifilura 2y agoYeah I guess the great depression was one of the reasons for WWII and USA had a stake in that. My objection was just about bringing numerology into the discussion. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerology https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerology
- slavik81 2y agoIt's not numerology. The length of time is roughly one human lifetime, which suggests a possible causation.